Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Agriculture & Food and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which rose 10.00% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.33 at the close. MBC Group CJSC (TADAWUL:4072) added 5.31% or 2.90 points to end at 57.50 and Saudi Chemical Company (TADAWUL:2230) was up 4.90% or 0.48 points to 10.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr Soliman Abdel Kader Fakeeh (TADAWUL:4017), which lost 3.81% or 2.70 points to trade at 68.20 in late trade. National Company for Learning and Education SJSC (TADAWUL:4291) declined 3.67% or 8.80 points to end at 230.80 and Bawan (TADAWUL:1302) shed 2.92% or 1.45 points to 48.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 97 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.61% or 1.10 to $67.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.35% or 0.97 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 11.20 to trade at $2,659.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 3.97, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 106.04.